[Vinnl]

> Whilst Firefox was able to implement Temporal as it was being specced - thanks to the great work of André Bargull (known online as Anba)

It's worth highlighting that André is actually a volunteer contributor who managed to implement the whole thing by themselves.

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Considering how prolific anba is, the only way we know he isn't an LLM is because he'd have to be several generations more advanced than the current SOTA. (It is possible that he might be an LLM from a few decades in the future, considering the connection to Temporal.)

anba implemented all of Temporal single-handedly, plus fixed up numerous places in the spec, plus migrated the implementation over some massive changes after other implementers discovered what a monster it all is. The original version of the spec kind of forced two separate internal implementation paths for everything, one for custom calendars and one for the built-in stuff, just to make the built-in one reasonably performant. That was a lot of work to implement, and a lot of work to remove. (I think ptomato shepherded the spec side of that?)

Fortunately, anba knows how to take a break, relaxing occasionally with minor tasks like rewriting large swathes of the JIT code generator to optimize the support on various platforms. He also gets plenty of nutrition, by ingesting entire specs and mind-melding with them.

[apaprocki]

I feel like those not involved in this space might not realize so much stuff that benefits the entire web/world comes from volunteers like anba and companies outside the usual browser vendors. Whether you’re an individual contributor or you want to push your employer to contribute or let you contribute, the best time to get involved is always now. We owe anba a big one. Thank you!!